Global Patent Index - EP 4256413 A2

EP 4256413 A2 20231011 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MOVEMENT OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES

Title (en)

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MOVEMENT OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES

Title (de)

SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERWALTUNG DER BEWEGUNG VON MATERIALHANDHABUNGSFAHRZEUGEN

Title (fr)

SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS DE GESTION DE MOUVEMENT DE VÉHICULES DE MANIPULATION DE MATÉRIAUX

Publication

EP 4256413 A2 20231011 (EN)

Application

EP 21840734 A 20211203

Priority

  • US 202063121388 P 20201204
  • US 2021061717 W 20211203

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022120116A2] According to the subject matter of the present disclosure, an automated warehouse environment is provided where designated materials handling vehicles are programmed to initiate permission inquiries at primary and secondary nodes of a travel route in the warehouse environment. Alternatively, or additionally, the present disclosure also presents an automated warehouse environment where an asset manager comprises an occupancy grid generator, and a designated materials handling vehicle is programmed to avoid otherwise unpermitted travel along path segments that overlap the locked cells of the occupancy grid.

IPC 8 full level

G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06Q 10/08 (2024.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

G05D 1/0274 (2024.01 - EP); G05D 1/0289 (2024.01 - EP); G05D 1/0297 (2024.01 - EP); G06Q 10/047 (2013.01 - EP KR); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01 - EP KR); G06Q 10/08355 (2013.01 - EP KR)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2022120116 A2 20220609; WO 2022120116 A3 20220721; AU 2021390530 A1 20230713; AU 2021390530 A9 20240208; CA 3203966 A1 20220609; CN 116940911 A 20231024; EP 4256413 A2 20231011; KR 20230116883 A 20230804; MX 2023006069 A 20230606

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2021061717 W 20211203; AU 2021390530 A 20211203; CA 3203966 A 20211203; CN 202180081397 A 20211203; EP 21840734 A 20211203; KR 20237022228 A 20211203; MX 2023006069 A 20211203